Thx for replying, .... Well I never liked that 10 course, so I said what the heck, lets try something else with that. Unfortunately I was limited to the original 59 cm on the fingerboard without undergoing major surgery.
Yes I'm kind of tempted by the Tiorbino idea, I understand it is quite an interesting sound but if If I go with re-entrant in vieil ton, I would only do the first course, I guess its worth a try. anyone else has any thoughts? Bruno On Nov 23, 2007 12:43 PM, Daniel Winheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 59 cm and thinking of it as an "archlute", why not plain old "G" > tuning and call it a day? The reentrant tunings sound > counterproductive or inappropriate for that size instrument. Don't > know about the tiorbino idea. Funny thing, I too have an old 10 > course out for an archthing conversion- it will be about 63cm plus > whatever- I plan on ordinary vielle ton + extra basses typical for a > "G" archlute, but at A=415, maybe 392. Let us know how the tiorbino > thing works if you have the nerve to try it! -Dan > > > >Hello, > > > >I have recently converted my 10 course Renaissance lute, into a small > >13 course archlute. String length of first 6 couses ( doubled exept > >for 1st) = 59 cm while the Single basses 7 through 13 are 101 cm. I > >am looking for suggestions on how I should tune it and string > >gauges...I plan to use as much gut as possible. > > > >Should I: > > > >a) try reentrant tuning in G ( 1st course and/or 2nd course) > >b) reentrant tuning in A > >c) or tune like a Tiorbino ( using traditional renaissance tuning with > >4th to 13th course tuned an octave up, therefore creating re-entrant > >tuning but all up one octave...) > > > >Any one played in the latter tuning? > > > -- > -- Bruno Cognyl-Fournier Luthiste, etc Estavel Ensemble de musique ancienne www.estavel.org To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
